The Democrats’ Looming Self-Destruction
I was raised a Democrat. My parents, like most people of their generation (Depression and World War II), were Roosevelt Democrats. I, like most of […]
China vs. A Liberal World Order
For six decades after the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, Great Britain was able to underwrite a liberal world order based on freedom of navigation […]
Ignoring Socialism’s Countless Corpses
[fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] An old joke goes like this: Q. What did […]
Distinguishing Abortion from Infanticide
We have reached a pivotal moment on abortion. New York recently legalized late-term abortion up to the moment of delivery and repealed a law requiring […]
America Needs Nationalism to Survive
In a speech commemorating the centenary of World War I, French President Emmanuel Macron recently condemned nationalism as “the opposite of patriotism,” which most everyone […]
Kavanaugh’s ‘Popeye Moment’
People of a certain age will remember what I like to call a “Popeye moment.” Popeye, confronted by some injustice, exclaims “that’s all I can […]
Renegotiating America’s Role in the World: Avoiding the British Precedent
After the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, Great Britain pursued a grand strategy of primacy, based on the concept of what Robert Gilpin has called […]
A Look at Helsinki from a Friendly Critic
President Trump took a risk by meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on Monday. My friend and sometimes colleague, Angelo Codevilla, with whom […]
Civil-Military Relations in the Age of Trump
Healthy relations between America’s civil and military populations depend upon the mutual trust, respect, and understanding between civilian and military leaders. This promotes the exchange […]
Is There an Emerging ‘Trump Doctrine’?
The candidacy and subsequent election of Donald Trump to the presidency caused a great deal of consternation among the U.S. foreign policy establishment, Democrat and […]
The Soldier Returns: The Veteran’s Odyssey
What does America owe its veterans? Perhaps the best answer to this question came from my friend, Julie Ponzi, in response to a review I […]
How Bergdahl’s Case Perverts Military Justice
In his 60-year old classic study of U.S. civil-military relations, The Soldier and the State, the late Samuel Huntington observed the traditional attitude of liberal […]
Colin Kaepernick and His Own Lady Macbeth
OK, I confess it. I love football. God help me, I love it so! I played in high school and college and I love the […]
What Would a Fair Transgender Policy in the Military Look Like?
President Trump’s announcement via Twitter last week that he would discontinue administrative directives ordering the armed forces to accommodate transgender men and women in the […]
James Mattis the Teacher
I guess that in this day and age, we shouldn’t be surprised that a high school student was able to obtain Secretary of Defense Jim […]
Islamism Isn’t a Religion, It’s a Political System at War with Us
Last week, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs convened a hearing on political Islam, also called “Islamism.” The committee invited four witnesses: […]
MOAB Makes Foreign Adventurism Less Likely Because Less Necessary
On Thursday, U.S. forces detonated the most powerful conventional weapon in the U.S. arsenal, the Massive Ordnance Air-burst Bomb or MOAB, against an ISIS tunnel […]
McMaster is a Promising Choice
President Trump’s selection of Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster to be his national security adviser has been widely praised, and rightly so. McMaster is a […]
Hamilton’s Actual Views on Immigration
Not too long ago, the cast of the hit musical “Hamilton” ostentatiously lectured Vice President-elect Mike Pence, who was in attendance, about “diversity” and “American […]
Mattis for Defense: Making Civil-Military Relations Great Again
In 1968, Anton Myrer, a former Marine enlisted man turned writer, published his novel, Once an Eagle. The New York Times bestseller tells the story […]